Jarrod Bowen upset at West Ham's relegation: 'It hurts'

West Ham were relegated to the Championship after a 3-0 win over Leeds was not enough to avoid the drop. Jarrod Bowen scored in the match but said the result offered little consolation because the team never wanted to be in that position. He explained that West Ham entered the game needing to protect their own performance while still relying on another result, but the needed outcome did not happen. Bowen described relegation as painful and said the club should not have been in that situation. He pointed to missed opportunities across the season, saying West Ham did not pick up enough points and did not show consistent levels. He declined to discuss speculation about his future.

"Not really because we never wanted to be in this situation. "Coming into the game, we had to take care of ourselves and hold onto that bit of hope that we had. That's all we could do. We were relying on another result. Ultimately, it's not enough.""

"I've been here six and a half years now," he added. "Had a lot of good moments and this outweighs all of it. Getting this club relegated... it hurts. We shouldn't be in the position we're in but we've found ourselves in it and we've not done enough to stay up. Hurt is the only thing."

"We've had so many games when we could have got different results. You can look at it and say 'these, these, these, these' but, ultimately, we didn't pick the points up and in this league, the quality is so high and we didn't give ourselves enough of a chance. "You can individualise every single game. You can't look back at every game but in some games we didn't show the levels consistently enough.""

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